Human Consciousness: how we observe (Humans)

by dhw, Tuesday, August 16, 2016, 12:34 (3020 days ago) @ David Turell

DAVID: As before, I view all animals without a brain as automatons. Caesar had a brain and an animal soul in my view. I also believe consciousness requires a brain to be received, as shown by NDE studies. This fits dualism. - NDE studies suggest the exact opposite: the clinically dead patients still have their identity, their memories and the ability to think, perceive and communicate. Their consciousness therefore survives without a brain, and so no receiver is required. This fits dualism, and so according to your beliefs, consciousness does not require a brain.